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William writes for The Spectator, Sunday Times MagazineThe Telegraph MagazineThe TimesDaily Telegraph, New Statesman, Catholic Herald and The Tablet. 

He was the winner of 'Writer of the Year' at the 2022 PPA Independent Publisher Awards. He has been named  'Editor of the Year' twice.

Below are links to a selection of recent articles, along with the header/standfirst or a few words on the context in which they were written.  The articles are listed by date.

2021

The Paradoxes of Papal Politics

Veteran Vatican watcher John Cornwell is won over by Pope Francis.

Mace Magazine, April 27th 2021

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Why ‘cancelling’ MP-poets is Woke tyranny

We still have plenty to learn from the father of English literature and former MP.

Mace Magazine, February 23rd 2021

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Martyr in the Cathedral

Why Thomas Becket’s murder 850 years ago remains a cautionary tale for special advisers today.

Mace Magazine, January 5th 2021

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2020

John le Carré: Novelist of the moral battlefield

British espionage writer John le Carré has died aged 89. William Cash reflects on his legacy

Mace Magazine, 24th December 2020

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Disability History Month has brought out my inner Hospitaller

William Cash pays tribute to ‘The Minister’, his friend Patrick Paines, whose funeral service in the Canterbury Cathedral crypt, led by the Cathedral’s Dean, took place today

Mace Magazine, 29th November 2020

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Disability History Month has brought out my inner Hospitaller

Whilst we applaud the genius of medical science, don’t think ‘special care’ is a modern invention. The roots of free hospital care go back centuries.

Mace Magazine, 24th November 2020

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The Cummings Legacy Is Not What The Pundits Think

As Dominic Cummings leaves Downing Street for the last time, William Cash notes that his legacy will extend far beyond his own disruption of Whitehall

Mace Magazine, 14th November 2020

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How Cameron’s manager predicted the end of Trump

As pollsters take a battering, again, William Cash recalls how Obama’s fixer, Jim Messina, called the election perfectly

Mace Magazine, 8th November 2020

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Why religion may still decide the US election

‘Religion was the elephant in the room’ at last night’s Presidential town hall showdowns. It may yet decide the election, says William Cash

Mace Magazine, 16th October 2020

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Brighton Revisited: A Lesson for the PM?

‘Religion was the elephant in the room’ at last night’s Presidential town hall showdowns. It may yet decide the election, says William Cash

Mace Magazine, 12th October 2020

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Front and Centre of Brussels Hospitality

In an exclusive Mace interview, William Cash talks to Jim Messina, the man known as The Fixer for his success in both Obama and Cameron election campaigns.

Mace Magazine, 4th October 2020

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Wanted: A Sea-side Tsar

William Cash sets out the case for a new seaside tsar and what needs to be done to reverse the decline of our coastal towns

Mace Magazine, 4th October 2020

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In an exclusive Mace interview, William Cash talks to Jim Messina, the man known as The Fixer for his success in both Obama and Cameron election campaigns.

Mace Magazine, 4th October 2020

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The Strategist: How to Win Elections with Jim Messina

Trump’s election victory was a ‘metaphysical’ certainty

In an exclusive from DC, William Cash finds Steve Bannon in combative form as he reveals what he’s learnt about strategy from Thucydides

Mace Magazine, 16th January 2020

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William Cash considers Boris Johnson’s Christmas break in Mustique and finds a prime minister’s choice of holiday location to be highly revealing.

Mace Magazine, 16th January 2020

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Out of Office: What does a holiday destination reveal about a premiership?